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| Sony's XA777ES CD: competitive sound or obsolete? I've heard a few of the high-end Sony ES SACD machines from the early 2000's, though not specifically the XA777 model (though I have heard the other higher-end 777 and owned the SCD-1). And I'd agree that the Redbook playback is uniformly mediocre... | |
| We get into a GROOVE. New vinyl can certainly sound good (and often does), but I prefer the sonics of the better third of vintage vinyl. Factor in the prices of new vinyl, those ridiculous box sets, unwieldy premium 45 RPMs, and manufacturing issues like warps -- the n... | |
| Amp improvement since 1994? Parts quality is way better -- especially capacitors. But everything helps (resistors, hookup wire, volume controls, connectors, etc). And some of the new transistors are awesome, though the low volume of hi-fi leads to a lot of discontinued piece... | |
| proper Tannoy Canterbury room set up Don't put them against the wall. The manual even advises against this. You'll see Tannoy speakers in wacky locations (like right up against the wall) in ad/product photos, but that's silly. Your listed distances sound like a reasonable starting po... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Ah, the Taylo 7u posted by Csmgolf reminds me of my own experience owning Taylo Reference monitors (Revelator tweet) -- these things sounded GREAT, except for the lacking low end (monitors that size can't have good bass). I thought I'd upgrade to ... | |
| Tannoy Yorkminster vs Canterbury Congrats man -- I was so exited to get my Canterbury SE, and it turned out very well...your GR will be even better! | |
| Tannoy Yorkminster vs Canterbury GR vs. SE: The crossover parts are further upgraded and cryogenically treated. The compression driver (tweeter) diaphragm and surround is updated to a new material (should have better extension up top). The woofer cone material has gone from all p... | |
| Tannoy Yorkminster vs Canterbury Yeah, the Canterbury GR is probably going to be a better sounding option over both SE's (Mbovaird -- there is no Yorkminster GR that I know if?). That said, the new GR prices represent dramatic price increases (almost 40%), which may be a factor. ... | |
| Tannoy Yorkminster vs Canterbury Also, I should point out that the Canterbury is the only speaker of the 3 that has a tweeter-height issue. You'll need either some really beefy pedestal stands (about 8-10" tall) or something like hockey pucks up front to tilt the tweeters up to e... | |
| Tannoy Yorkminster vs Canterbury Though at different times, I've have had the SE versions of both setup in my room, with the same gear behind them. Note that the Yorkminster SE doesn't have an equivalent in the new GR line, and thus may be considered discontinued.In both cases, t... | |
| Audiophile music If a system doesn't play most of that kind of music well (a few recordings are beyond salvation) then it's a poorly balanced system that's not worth a high asking price. I would not still be in this hobby if I had to restrict myself to the likes o... | |
| Sennheiser HD650 and ipod Sennheiser HD580/600/650 got a rep as hard to drive cans, but they're really not that bad. They're highly efficient (for full-sized open cans), which is good. Then there's the 300-ohms, which is both good (presents an easy load; doesn't demand a l... | |
| Once again, impressed by NAD Hey, an honest 15-20% improvement (though it's really nebulous to assign percentages here, since we each have our own internal scales) for a $7K MSRP layout is actually a GREAT deal these days in this hobby, especially in non-transducer components... | |
| It's All About Increments Even an incremental upgrade would be something, when stacked in series. But all too often what this really means is an improvement in some areas and a downgrade in others, with the appealing "newness" of the new component winning out just long eno... | |
| Tannoy Westminster vs Quad 989 I'm a longtime Tannoy fanoboy; I own Canterbury SE and had Kensington SE for 3 years before that. Love my Tannoys, but I think realistically you have to qualify their microdetail/resolution as being great *for dynamic driver implementations*. You ... |